# Out Of Programme Out of Programme shines a spotlight on clinicians who have ventured beyond the traditional path of clinical training to forge unique and unconventional careers Page: Feed: --- ## [馃帣 Dr Patrick Doyle on Surviving Everest, Bootstrapping L2P Into a Leading NHS Platform, and Life After Acquisition](https://outofprogramme.substack.com/p/dr-patrick-doyle-on-surviving-everest) _2026-08-11 路 Out Of Programme_ 馃挰 In conversation with Dr Patrick Doyle, Consultant Anaesthetist; Founder, L2P (a Patchwork Health company) ## [馃帣 Dr Nick Appelbaum on How Lord Darzi Changed His Career, Building the First Machine-Readable BNF, and Why Academic Projects Die Without Commercial Infrastructure](https://outofprogramme.substack.com/p/dr-nick-appelbaum-on-how-lord-darzi) _2026-07-29 路 Out Of Programme_ 馃挰 In conversation with Dr Nick Appelbaum, Founder and CEO, Dosium; Former Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London & Helix Centre ## [馃帣 Dr Cosima Gretton on Leaving Medicine for Silicon Valley, Why Product Thinking Is the Opposite of Medical Training, and Scaling the UK's Biggest Health Research Programme](https://outofprogramme.substack.com/p/dr-cosima-gretton-on-leaving-medicine) _2026-07-14 路 Out Of Programme_ 馃挰 In conversation with Dr Cosima Gretton, Chief Product Officer, Our Future Health; Former Deputy Director, NHS Test & Trace ## [馃帣 Dr Alastair Darwood on Selling a Startup in FY1, Licensing Medical Device IP, and Why He Never Runs the Businesses He Creates](https://outofprogramme.substack.com/p/dr-alastair-darwood-on-selling-a) _2026-06-30 路 Out Of Programme_ 馃挰 In conversation with Dr Alastair Darwood, Medical Doctor; Bioengineering PhD; Co-founder, Scarpa; Inventor, Inspired Ventilation ## [馃帣 Dr Guy Northover on Leading CAMHS Digital Transformation, Managing Conflict of Interest as a Clinician-Founder, and Why the NHS Needs Senior Leaders to Start Companies](https://outofprogramme.substack.com/p/dr-guy-northover-on-leading-camhs) _2026-06-16 路 Out Of Programme_ 馃挰 In conversation with Dr Guy Northover, Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Chief Clinical Information Officer, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Co-founder, Anathem ## [馃帣 Dr Meenakshi Jhala on Why Clinicians Make the Best Investors, Building a Clinician-Led Angel Syndicate, and How to Break Into Healthcare VC](https://outofprogramme.substack.com/p/dr-meenakshi-jhala-on-why-clinicians) _2026-06-02 路 Out Of Programme_ 馃挰 In conversation with Dr Meenakshi Jhala, NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow, King's College London; Co-founder of Tiny Ventures & Dx Capital ## [馃帣 Dr Dom Pimenta on Why NHS IT Systems Fail, Building AI That Actually Helps Clinicians, and the Gap Between Innovation and Implementation](https://outofprogramme.substack.com/p/dr-dom-pimenta-on-why-nhs-it-systems) _2026-05-19 路 Out Of Programme_ 馃挰 In conversation with Dr Dom Pimenta, Cardiologist and Co-founder & CEO of Tortus AI ## [馃帣 Dr Rishi Das-Gupta on the Journey to Becoming an NHS Trust Chief Innovation Officer and Scaling System Change Across South London](https://outofprogramme.substack.com/p/dr-rishi-das-gupta-on-the-journey) _2026-05-05 路 Out Of Programme_ 馃挰 In conversation with Dr Rishi Das-Gupta, Chief Executive of Health Innovation Network South London and DigitalHealth.London; Former Chief Innovation & Technology Officer, Royal Brompton Hospital ## [馃帣 Dr James Somauroo on a Near-Miss 拢40M Fund, Why Doctors Make Better Marketers, and Building SomX with His Wife](https://outofprogramme.substack.com/p/dr-james-somauroo-on-a-near-miss) _2026-04-21 路 Out Of Programme_ 馃挰 In conversation with Dr James Somauroo, Co-founder & CEO of SomX; Host of the Healthtech Podcast ## [Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/v669zq7bq7ym) _2026-04-21 路 **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell and margin trade BTC & ETH with fiat currencies ## [馃帣 Dr Farzana Rahman on Building a Radiologist-Led Team, Why Junior Doctors Thrive in Startups, and Hexarad's Series B Growth](https://outofprogramme.substack.com/p/dr-farzana-rahman-on-building-a-radiologist) _2026-04-07 路 Out Of Programme_ 馃挰 In conversation with Dr Farzana Rahman, Consultant Radiologist; CEO, Hexarad